Written over the course of 2016 and 2017 and recorded in the summer of the latter year by Frances Quinlan (songwritervocalistrhythm guitar), Tyler Long (bass), Joe Reinhart (guitar), and Mark Quinlan (drums), Bark Your Head Off, Dog addresses disappointment, particularly in man's misuse of power, and relates accounts from the periphery -- one's attempts to retreat from the lengthening shadows of tyrants, both historical and everyday. It considers what it’s like to cast off longheld and misguided perceptions, yet without the assurance of knowing what new ones will replace them. Much like on Hop Along’s first and second records, Get Disowned and Painted Shut, Quinlan seeks in real time to work through these issues. Throughout the album, one gets the sense that Quinlan is wandering in the thicket of a forest—a state of being that will feel familiar to longtime listeners—and on this outing, she hasn’t left a trail of breadcrumbs behind her.

Tracklist

A1 How Simple 3:48
A2 Somewhere A Judge 3:52
A3 How You Got Your Limp 2:36
A4 Not Abel 4:36
A5 The Fox In Motion 3:59
B1 One That Suits Me 5:16
B2 What The Writer Meant 4:07
B3 Look Of Love 6:12
B4 Prior Things 5:43